1825. Dec r.

Constitutional Code

Ch. IX Ministers Collectively S.23 Remuneration.

S.23S.11. Remuneration

Art 1. Aptitude maximized, expence minimized indicated in these

few words are the leading principles of this Constitution on the subject of

remuneration.

Art 2. As to the maximization of official aptitude, in this department, for

the course taken in this view, see the next section, S.12. Locable who.

Art 3. Subservient even to the maximization of aptitude is minimization of

expence. For 1. Whatever he the occupations belonging to the

office, the greater a man's relish for them is the greater his

aptitude for it is likely to be. 2. The less the remuneration, in

consideration of which he is willing to exercise those same occupations,

the greater his relish for them. 3. Greater still if instead of

perceiving, he is willing to pay for the faculty of exercising them.

Art 4. So universal, the greater the expence employed in

remuneration, the greater will be the opulence of the functionary so

remunerated. But the greater his opulence, the less his appropriate

aptitude will naturally be. For 1. The less will be his

notoriety. 2. The greater his facility, for engaging in rival and

merely pleasurable occupations. 3. The greater his facility, for

obtaining accomplices in transgressions, and supporters to shield him

against punishment and disrepute. 4. The more apt will he be to form

an exaggerated estimate of the quantity of the expence, for

which, on each several occasion, there may be a demand. Art

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